Police relocate uncooperative turtle from Pease parking lot

PORTSMOUTH — Police on Thursday responded to a parking lot at Pease International Tradeport for an uncooperative turtle that refused to move from beneath a row of cars.

Charles McMahon

PORTSMOUTH — Police on Thursday responded to a parking lot at Pease International Tradeport for an uncooperative turtle that refused to move from beneath a row of cars.

Officers were dispatched to the parking lot at 15 Rye St. around 4:30 p.m. after an employee called to report that the turtle was blocking a driver from pulling out of a parking space. When police arrived the wayward snapping turtle had moved and positioned itself beneath a motorcycle.

At first, officers Josh McCain and Bob Lukacz tried to coax the turtle from beneath the motorcycle by attempting to have it bite onto a stick. Both officers also considered picking up the turtle, but ultimately decided against it due to the lack of safety gloves.

Eventually, after the owner of the motorcycle moved his bike, and both officers were able to trap the large turtle in a box using the stick. McCain and Lukacz then removed the turtle from the parking lot and placed it in the nearby woods.

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